Clearwater High School - Aqua Clara Yearbook (Clearwater, FL)

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Fall Festival 29 The storyteller, Tom T. Hall, entertained the crowd with well-known hits of the 70’s. He is talking to the crowd while his h band plays “Sneaky Snake.” o 3 a A year old group performs to the largest crowd of the six-day event. The group, At- lanta, keeps the crowd on their feet while they play their version of country music.

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Country music livens up the Wagon Wheel A Celebration! by Steve Thomas A November festival that few know much about, The Florida Fall Festi- val. It was a six-day “country fair” and a flea market. The country music was the core of the festival. It ranged from local bands to nationally known artists such as Tom T. Hall and The Charlie Daniels Band. Throughout the event as many as ten to twelve bands performed on the three stages on the grounds of the Wagon Wheel Flea Market in Pinellas Park. The overall reaction to the fes- tival was great. “The festival was great, the music was my favorite, but I wish Hank Williams, Ala- bama, and Don Williams would have been there. I will definitely go again next year,” stated sopho- more Jackie Charles. The midway, provided by Pugh Shows of Ohio, consisted of roller coasters, games for prizes, and the traditional fair food. The flea market area was crowded with exhibits and booths selling everything from clothes and jewelry to furniture. “The festival was fantastic,” stat- ed Mr. Ford, who ran a booth for Suncoast Sound. The festival may become an annual event. “There was some- thing for everyone,” concluded Mr. Ford, f Background singers for Ronnie Milsnp hold nothing back during their perfor- mance. Despite the poor weather condi- tions, the performance continued and the audience grew. Sister to Dolly Parton, Stella Parton per- forms on a hot Saturday afternoon. Most of her songs were pop country music; she in- cluded some of Dolly’s hits. A pair of sunglasses thrown on the stage by a member of the audience changes the whole look of Sawyer Brown’s band and adds a little more humor to the event. 28 Fall Festival

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There ' s always a time and a place for a party From Trivia to Ftotels by Ed Mealy W hat’s going on this weekend? “Well, there is a party on the corner of Social Cir- cle and Pleasant Parkway.” This was the beginning of a typical Friday conversation be- tween friends. Some students, who preferred a small quiet group over the large rowdy group, would invite a few friends to play a game of Trivial Pursuit. It was a game of trivia, where questions were asked and the players had to fill up their playing pie pieces by answering questions correctly from each of the six categories. The game could last anywhere from an hour to curfew time, which for some was midnight and for others, whenever they got tired of play- ing. “Contrary to popular belief that Trivial Pursuit is only for squares, it’s a lively and challeng- ing game for almost anyone,” said Kirsten Freitag. Like in the Who’s Baba O’Riley, better known as Teenage Waste- land, other students alway found time, on a typical weekend, and a place, like the house of an unsu- specting parent, for partying. The parents soon returned to disorder like jewelry stuck in the drain of the pool, a few broken pieces of furniture, various stains on the floor, and, not to mention, the strange disappearance of the fam- ily’s oriental rug! To avoid these catastrophies students sometimes rented a ho- tel room for the night. By the fol- lowing morning the mirrors would be covered with soap spell- ing people’s names, common sayings or just graffiti. The mat- tesses would be soaked and the sheets usually on the floor. The room, as a whole, would like like a tornado came through it! Many times students would return for another night of fun only to be un- welcomed. But in most situations anything that lulls the fun was overlooked and the parties went on. ▼ Making one’s self comfortable while talk- ing about winter break happenings are Chris Wacker, Paige Ramsden, and Lee Warner. After exams are completed, students celebrate the end of the first semester. Steve Cass joins his friends, at a parentless homo, to get his mind off school and to have a few good laughs. A game called pass-the lifesaver is a pop- ular game. Erin Griffin, Andrea Hassell, )ohn Marshell, and Wendy Kirkland, laugh at Dan Martocci and Adriano Alcoz as they try to pass the lifesaver without dropping It 30 Parties